We may return to militancy, says Asari-Dokubo

Subject: We may return to militancy, says Asari-Dokubo 2015-04-02, 05:35

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A former Niger-Delta militant,Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, says withthe defeat of President GoodluckJonathan, he and other militantsmay be forced to return to thecreeks.Asari-Dokubo, who hails from thesame state as Jonathan, said thevoting pattern showed that theSouth-West and the North gangedup against the South-South andSouth-East geo-political zones.The ex-militant said in a statementby his spokesperson, Rex Anighoro,that it was unfair that theminorities were being emasculatedby the majority ethnic groups.He said he feared that thegovernment of the President-elect,Muhammadu Buhari, would bevicious.Asari-Dokubo said, “The conditionsthat advanced the need to embracethe creeks have been sadly re-energised. It is clear that a viciousgovernment who may maim andmurder the voice of the so-calledminorities may have just beenbirthed.“Indeed integration is non-existentas regional gang-ups andsupremacy is symbolic with thisvictory.”The ex-militant, who had in Januarysaid he and his colleagues wouldwreak havoc if Jonathan lost theelection, praised the President forbeing a true statesman.He said it was the struggle of themilitants that led to the Jonathanpresidency.Asari-Dokubo said since the South-South had lost the presidency, ex-militants would meet to decide thenext line of action.He said, “While President Jonathanenjoys his moments and basks inthe euphoria of a new world-renowned statesman havingcongratulated Muhammadu Buhari,we must quickly be reminded thatour struggle was never aboutJonathan or about the presidency.“President Jonathan is anestablishment beneficiary of ourstruggle, our sweat and blood thatmany bled and died for. He wasnever in the struggle and he cannever wish away our collectivemarch for statesmanship.“Yes indeed, to an extent, he was amitigating factor in self-determination pursuit as we wenton sabbatical. This mitigation heseems to have willinglyrepudiated. The days coming willbe critical. We shall study all theconditions and consult widelybefore determining the wayforward for our collective existenceand survival as a people. The dayscoming shall either drive the questof integration or further separateus.”